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US 12,382,340 · App. 18/130,903 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Wireless communication method using frame aggregation and wireless communication terminal using same

Inventors: Juhyung Son (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Geonjung Ko (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: WILUS INSTITUT OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
H04W28/06H04L1/0084H04L1/1614H04L1/1887H04W84/12H04L1/1607H04L1/1621
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Patent No.
US 12,382,340
App. No.
18/130,903
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for constructing an aggregated frame for efficient wireless communication in a high-density environment and a wireless communication method using the same may perform operations comprising generating an aggregated MPDU (A-MPDU) including a plurality of MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) groups to which independent modulation and coding schemes (MCSs) are applied, respectively; and transmitting the generated A-MPDU through the transceiver.

Claims (43)

1. A wireless communication terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit a frame including one or more MPDU (MAC (Medium Access Control) protocol data unit) subframes through the transceiver,

wherein each of the one or more MPDU subframes includes a MAC service data units (MSDU) or an aggregated MSDU (A-MSDU), and

receive an acknowledgement frame related to Ack or Nack for the one or more MPDU subframes in response to the frame through the transceiver,

wherein the acknowledgement frame includes one block ack control field related to configuration of the acknowledgement frame and one or more bitmap sets based on the block ack control field,

wherein each of the one or more bitmap sets includes a starting sequence control subfield and a block ack bitmap subfield, and

wherein the starting sequence control subfield is used to identify a number of MSDUs and/or A-MSDUs capable of transmitting an acknowledgment through the block ack bitmap subfield.

2. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein each of bits constituting the block Ack bitmap subfield indicates Ack or Nack for the corresponding MSDU or the corresponding A-MSDU.

3. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the starting sequence control subfield includes a sequence number of a first MSDU or a first A-MSDU among a plurality of received MSDUs or a plurality of received A-MSDUs.

4. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the acknowledgement frame includes one bitmap set when a type of the acknowledgement frame is indicated as a first type by the block ack control field, and

wherein the acknowledgement frame includes the one or more bitmap sets when a type of the acknowledgement frame is indicated as a second type by the block ack control field.

5. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the number of the MSDUs and/or the A-MSDUs is a maximum number of MSDUs or A-MSDUs for which the Ack or the Nack can be indicated through the block ack bitmap subfield.

6. The wireless communication terminal of claim 5 ,

wherein the maximum number of the MSDUs or the A-MSDUs is a multiple of a specific value.

7. The wireless communication terminal of claim 6 ,

wherein the specific value is ‘8’.

8. A wireless communication method of a terminal comprising:

transmitting a frame including one or more MPDU (MAC (Medium Access Control) protocol data unit) subframes,

wherein each of the one or more MPDU subframes include a MAC service data units (MSDU) or an aggregated MSDU (A-MSDU); and

receiving an acknowledgement frame related to Ack or Nack for the one or more MPDU subframes in response to the frame,

wherein the acknowledgement frame includes one block ack control field related to configuration of the acknowledgement frame and one or more bitmap sets based on the block ack control field,

wherein each of the one or more bitmap sets includes a starting sequence control subfield and a block ack bitmap subfield, and

wherein the starting sequence control subfield is used to identify a number of MSDUs and/or a-MSDUs capable of transmitting an acknowledgment through the block ack bitmap subfield.

9. The wireless communication terminal of claim 8 ,

wherein each of bits constituting the block Ack bitmap subfield indicates Ack or Nack for the corresponding MSDU or the corresponding A-MSDU.

10. The wireless communication terminal of claim 8 ,

wherein the starting sequence control subfield includes a sequence number of a first MSDU or a first A-MSDU among a plurality of received MSDUs or a plurality of received A-MSDUs.

11. The wireless communication terminal of claim 8 ,

wherein the acknowledgement frame includes one bitmap set when a type of the acknowledgement frame is indicated as a first type by the block ack control field, and

wherein the acknowledgement frame includes the one or more bitmap sets when a type of the acknowledgement frame is indicated as a second type by the block ack control field.

12. The wireless communication terminal of claim 8 ,

wherein the number of the MSDUs and/or the A-MSDUs is a maximum number of MSDUs or A-MSDUs for which the Ack or the Nack can be indicated through the block ack bitmap subfield.

13. The wireless communication terminal of claim 12 ,

wherein the maximum number of the MSDUs or the A-MSDUs is a multiple of a specific value.

14. The wireless communication terminal of claim 13 ,

wherein the specific value is ‘8’.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2024
From: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0123906 · Sep 17, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17062537 · Oct 2, 2020
Continuation 15512027
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